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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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quotistThe wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. ~Max Eastman
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. ~Dick Cheney
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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